What you will do

As Statutory Finance & Tax Ops Manager, you will be based in Malta (relocation package available) and responsible for corporate tax operations and statutory compliance activities in Luxembourg and Malta, as part of the EMEA Legal Entity Stewardship (“LES”) team.

The LES team owns the legal entity life cycle from US GAAP through statutory financial statements to direct tax return, responsibility for managing the statutory financial statements preparation and audit, and the tax operations (including tax compliance and reporting, controversy, projects and M&A activity). 

In this role you will be responsible for the statutory financial position of the Luxembourg and Maltese entities, related income tax forecasting, corporate tax reporting and statutory compliance. The Manager LES will also be supporting the Tax Planning team by providing support and tax/accounting advice related to all tax structuring going through Luxembourg and Malta. You will also take local ownership over the tax position of the entities and manage the relationship with the Tax Authorities, as well as effectively manage the Regional Business stake holders, such as Business Finance, Controllership, Procurement, etc.

Additional responsibilities include financial reporting for the corporate business units responsible for ERP development and the centralized procurement function as well as ensuring compliance with local statutory financial and corporate income tax regulations, the management of the statutory audit process and monitor the overall compliance with Johnson Controls´ Tax, LES and corporate accounting policies and procedures.

The position will gain experience in the resolution of broad and complex issues which have a major impact on net income of the Johnson Controls group.

How you will do it

• Maintain, monitor and control the financial position of the Malta and Luxembourg activities of the organization.
• Identifying any tax and financing opportunities for the Maltese entities
• Maintaining Maltese and Luxembourg daily activities (eg. legal, governmental filing and reporting obligations, corporate bookkeeping, relation with tax administration etc.)
• Forecasting of statutory income, corporate income tax expense and pillar 2 impacts for Luxembourg and Malta
• Manage tax controversy and relationship with Maltese tax authorities
• Overall coordination of the statutory compliance calendar and statutory audit engagement.
• Review of material Luxembourg and Maltese local statutory financial statements (including US GAAP to Local GAAP accounting adjustments)  and corporate income tax returns.
• Training and technical support on statutory finance matters to the COE LES team.
• Support in the implementation of process improvements and technological innovation in the tax processes.
• Support the M&A team with tax due diligence on ad-hoc projects.
• Financial reporting for the corporate business units responsible for ERP development and the centralized procurement function.
• Overall monitoring and review of US GAAP tax reporting, prepared by Center of Excellence (COE).

What we look for

• Master's degree or equivalent with focus on finance and/or accounting but equivalent combination of education and experience considered.
• Experience in tax, financial accounting and forecasting gained in a top tier audit firm or multinational enterprise with a minimum of 7 years of relevant work experience.
• Expertise in Luxembourg taxation system and Luxembourg accounting GAAP are required. Maltese taxation and IFRS knowledge would be a plus.
• Computer competency and expertise, familiarity with advanced excel analysis desired and Oracle Fusion and HFM/OneStream experience an advantage.
• Excellent verbal and written communication in English and French.
• Knowledge of US GAAP accounting principles would be desirable but not essential.
• Self-starter with proactive focus on value-add activity, in an environment with changing priorities and time constraints.
• Ability to build successful professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Hands on mentality, team player, able to work in a flexible manner